English Explanatory Dictionary

humdudgeon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unnecessary outcry or complaint.
  2. An imaginary illness.

Word forms

humdudgeon humdudgeons

Etymology

Probably from hum (“humbug”) + dudgeon (“feeling of anger or resentment”), 18th c.

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